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V-E Day see World War II
Vaccinations see Immunization; National Immunization Month
Val d'Or, Que. see Les ressources AUR Inc./Project Louvicourt
Valcourt plan see Unemployment insurance--Benefits, cut-backs
Valenti, Jack see Film and video industry--Distribution
Valeri, Tony (L--Lincoln)
- >>Abortion, 6264
>>Agricultural products, o.q., 11489
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Department, 5043
>>Auditor General Act (amdt.--reports)(Bill C-207), 2818-9
>>Budget, S.O. 31, 17625
>>Canada Business Services Centres, 5043
>>Canada Communications Group, 5043
>>Canada Student Loans Program, M. (Manning), 10640-1
>>Child care, 5045
>>Deficit, S.O. 31, 9998
>>Estimates, M. (Eggleton), 5042-5
>>Euthanasia, petitions, 6264, 9958, 14652
>>Fisheries and Oceans Department, 5043
>>Food, 5043
>>Government departments, boards, agencies and commissions, 5044
>>Government expenditures, 15826
>>Government programs and services, 5042-3
>>Government, S.O. 31, 4943
>>Gun control/guns, S.O. 31, 13715
>>Immigrants, petition, 9958
>>Income tax, 5043
>>Industry, 15826
>>Infrastructure program, 5045
>>Job creation, 15826-7
>>Labour, 812
>>Lincoln constituency, 811
>>Lobbyists Registration Act (amdt.)(Bill C-43), 11739-40
>>Monuments, S.O. 31, 5092
>>National debt, 15826
>>Old Age Security Act, Canada Pension Plan, Children's Special Allowances Act, Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.)(Bill C-54), 7007
>>Pollution, S.O. 31, 6510-1
>>Protection of Personal Information Obtained by Certain Corporations Act (Bill C-315), 17619
>>Railways, o.q., 10901
>>References, maiden speech, 811
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 11354, 12728
>>Science and technology, 5045
>>Sexual orientation, petitions, 9958, 10860, 11354, 13288
>>Small business, 5926
>>>S.O. 31, 1377-8
>>Small Business Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-99), 15826-8
>>Social security system, 5043-4, 5925-7
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 811-3
>>>M. (L. Axworthy), 7956-7, 8071-4
>>Stoney Creek Battle, S.O. 31, 13715
>>Training programs, 812
>>Unemployment, 812
>>>o.q., 9654
>>Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.--excepted employment)(Bill C-218), 5925-7
>>Venture capital, S.O. 31, 9055
>>Women, 5926-7
Valhalla Society
>>
Government assistance, grants, etc., 1990 to present, qu., 17146
Valleyfield, Que. see Saint-Jean Baptiste Society
Value Added Tax (VAT) see VAT
Vanclief, Lyle (L--Prince Edward--Hastings; Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food from December 6, 1993 to February 5, 1996)
- >>Aboriginal land claims, 8266
>>Abortion, petition, 9538
>>Agricultural products, 4143-4, 11474
>>>o.q., 16836
>>Agricultural research, 6096, 6198, 6209
>>Agriculture, 6096-8, 7475, 9483-5 , 14679
>>>M. (Goodale), 4107-8, 4117, 4139-44
>>>M. (Kerpan), 9503-4
>>>M. on supply (J-G Chrétien), 11472-5
>>>M. on supply (Marchand), 3616, 3626, 3631-6
>>>o.q., 4867
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (Bill C-61), 9483-5
>>Agriculture and Agri-Food Department, 6096-7, 6755-6, 6759
>>Arts and culture, S.O. 31, 11931-2
>>Barley, o.q., 4864
>>Borrowing Authority Act, 1995-96 (Bill C-73), 10345-6
>>Bosnia-Herzegovina, M. (Collenette), 17127
>>Canada Grain Act (amdt.)(Bill C-51), 6488-9, 8615-6, 8619-20, 8623-4, 8626
>>Canadian Dairy Commission Act (amdt.)(Bill C-86), 12667-9, 14063-4, 14067, 14190-1, 14195
>>Canadian Grain Commission, 8615-6, 8624
>>Canadian Potato Marketing Act (Bill C-266), 9168
>>Canadian Wheat Board, 9049-50, 9760-1
>>>o.q., 15346-7
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-50), 6197-8, 6208-9
>>Canadian Wheat Board Act (amdt.)(Bill C-92), 14484-5
>>Chrétien, Jean-Guy, references, 6197
>>Crown corporations, 9760-1
>>Dairy products/industry, 4117, 7471, 9984-5, 11473-4, 11518, 12667-9, 14063-4, 14190-1, 14195
>>>o.q., 10325
>>Deficit, 10345-6
>>Department of Agriculture Act (amdt.)(Bill C-49), 6095-8, 6755-6, 6759
>>Ellis, Jack, S.O. 31, 8822
>>Euthanasia, petition, 9477
>>Exports, 7475-6
>>Farm Improvement and Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act (amdt.)(Bill C-75), 11669-70, 13163-6, 13191-2
>>Farm income, 4108
>>>Consultants' report, tabled, 14023
>>Farms, 3626
>>Financial Administration Act (amdt.--exempted crown corporations)(Bill C-263), 9760-1
>>Fisheries, S.O. 31, 12482
>>Food, 4140-3, 4504-5
>>>o.q., 3707
>>Fruit and vegetables, o.q., 4866
>>GATT, 3632-3
>>Goodale, references, 4139, 6488-9
>>Grain, 6489, 8619-20, 8623-4, 8626
>>>o.q., 17280-1
>>Grain transportation, 672, 3634, 8027, 10227, 10306-7, 14678-9, 15442, 17420-1
>>>o.q., 3707-8, 6444, 10325
>>Gun control/guns, petition, 9477
>>Human Resources Investment Fund, 10307-8
>>Hyundai Auto Canada, 3687
>>Ice cream/yogurt, 673, 918-9, 9860, 11518
>>Milk, 3636, 11472-3, 11475, 12667-9, 13283, 14063-4, 14190-1, 14195, 14679
>>>Petition, 9477, 16108
>>Northern Telecom, S.O. 31, 11805
>>O'Neil, Hugh, S.O. 31, 7981
>>Pesticides, o.q., 9424
>>Potatoes, 3002, 9168
>>>o.q., 2978
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 14067
>>>Members' remarks, 14195
>>>Oral questions, 3002
>>Quebec, M. (J. Chrétien), 17336-7
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), S.O. 31, 15637
>>Railways, o.q., 10956
>>Same-sex couples, petitions, 9477, 11104, 11354
>>Sexual orientation, petition, 9477, 11354
>>Sheep, 3635
>>Small Business Loans, 11670
>>Sugar industry, 9236
>>Supply management/marketing boards, 673-4, 7475, 7477
>>>o.q., 1240
>>Television, petition, 9538
>>Trade, 3633
>>Western Grain Transporation Act, 7476
>>Wheat, 3083, 3633-4, 3688, 4503-4
>>>o.q., 3048, 3708-9, 8600-1
>>Wildlife, 15441
>>World Summit for Social Development, 10305
>>World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act (Bill C-57), 7474-7
>>Young Offenders Act, petition, 9477
>>Yukon Surface Rights Board Act (Bill C-55), 8265-7
Vancouver, B.C.
>>
General Motors Place, opening, Bryan Adams concert, S.O. 31, 14880
>>Port
>>>Ballantyne Terminal, restoration and reopening, S.O. 31, 13319
>>>Gateway to Asia/Pacific region, S.O. 31, 9055
>>Shooting incident, innocent bystander, S.O. 31, 3566
>>See also Aboriginal land claims--Squamish;
Air transportation--National hub, Secondary hub;
Atomic Energy Control Board--Regional compliance offices;
Authors--Citizenship and Immigration Department-sponsored meeting;
Bessborough Armoury;
CSIS--Housing allowances;
Forestry--Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association;
Grain transportation--Costs;
Inter-Parliamentary Delegations, reports--Canada-Europe Parliamentary
Association;
Pollution--Organic pollutants;
RCMP--Housing allowances;
Unemployment--British Columbia
Vancouver Canucks see Hockey--National Hockey League
Vancouver Centre constituency
>>
References, 898
Vancouver Community College see Education--Second language instruction
Vancouver East constituency
>>
References, 2096
Vancouver Grizzlies see Basketball--National Basketball Association
Vancouver International Airport see Airports
Vancouver Island, B.C.
>>
Commission on Resources and the Environment, S.O. 31, 1499
Vancouver Museum
>>
100th anniversary, S.O. 31, 3094
Vancouver Port Authority
>>
Casino gambling operation, proposal, legality, o.q., 2220, 2626
>>Chairman, appointment, o.q., 2626-7
Vancouver Public Library
>>
New building, S.O. 31, 12999-3000
Vancouver Quadra constituency
>>
Green, Hon. Howard, Progressive Conservative government, former,
human rights advocate, 87
>>References, ethnic diversity, 87-8
Vancouver South constituency
>>
References, 1934-5
VanDuyn, Herman see Forestry--Tree seedlings
Vanier Cup see Football
Vanier, Ont. see Franco-Ontarien Games
Vapour detection technology see Explosives--Plastic
VAT (Value Added Tax)
>>
Hidden tax, replacing GST, 5732-3, 5736, 5739, 5741-2, 5744-5
>>>o.q., 5575
>>>S.O. 31, 7308
Vaudreuil, Que. see Women--Centres and shelters
Vaughan Technology Enterprise Centre
>>
Role, entrepreneurship, etc., 15899, 16449
Vegreville, Alta. see Immigration--Applications
Vegreville constituency
>>
References, 255
Vehicle acquisition program see Defence equipment
Vehicles see Automobiles; Motor vehicles; Small Business Loans Act--Transportation
Vending machines see Currency--Two dollar coin; Tobacco/cigarettes
Venne, Pierrette (BQ--Saint-Hubert)
- >>Bloc Québécois, 5874, 17016
>>Canadian Armed Forces, o.q., 10150
>>Canadian Space Agency, o.q., 15103
>>Capital punishment, M. (White), 14674-5
>>Child care, 3342
>>Children, 5867
>>Conflict of interest, o.q., 102
>>Constitutional Amendments Act (Bill C-110), 17013-6, 17518-9
>>Constitutional reform, o.q., 17239
>>Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Bill C-7), 3210-3
>>Copyright, o.q., 12601
>>Corrections and Conditional Release Act and Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-240), 8576-8
>>Corrections and Conditional Release Act, Criminal Code, Criminal Records Act, Prisons and Reformatories Act and Transfer of Offenders Act (amdt.)(Bill C-45), 5866-8, 14655, 14682-3, 14690-5, 14937-9
>>Crime, 2318, 2441, 4244, 4878-80, 5874, 9806-8, 14493-6, 16680-1
>>>o.q., 12371
>>Criminal Code, 13928, 14475
>>Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-226), 6934-6
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--force) and Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (amdt.--force)(Bill C-8), 3319-20
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--genital mutilation of female persons)(Bill C-277), 15076-8
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--hate propaganda-age group)(Bill C-214), 2317-8
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--self-induced intoxication)(Bill C-72), 11040-2, 14471-5
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--sentencing)(Bill C-41), 5873-7, 13760, 13762, 13769, 13771-3, 13832, 13925-9
>>Criminal Code (amdt.--violent crimes)(Bill C-301), 13505-7
>>Criminal Code and Young Offenders Act (amdt.--forensic DNA analysis)(Bill C-104, 14493-6
>>Criminal records, 13762
>>Culture, o.q., 15645, 15703
>>Deaths, 13576
>>Divorce Act (amdt.--granting of access to, or custody of, a child to a grandparent)(Bill C-232), 10357-9
>>Drug trafficking, 3210-3
>>>o.q., 3333
>>Education, o.q., 15644-5
>>Euthanasia, o.q., 1381
>>Family violence, 8486
>>Firearms Act (Bill C-68), 9711-4, 13575-6, 13615-8, 13622-4, 13645, 13650, 13699-700, 13703-7
>>Gun control/guns, 507, 8485-6, 9711-4, 13575-6, 13622-4, 13699-700, 13703-7
>>>o.q., 5344-5, 6036-7, 7812, 8433, 8549, 8695, 9603-4, 9652, 9824, 9951, 11611-2, 11756
>>>Petition, 2707
>>>S.O. 31, 6132, 7092, 16733
>>>Statement by Minister (Rock), 8485-6
>>Hate propaganda, 2317-8
>>Health care, o.q., 15645
>>Income Security Programs, petition, 10197
>>Judges, 1988-9, 10579-80, 13925-6
>>>o.q., 302, 1999-2000, 2358-9, 17496-7
>>>S.O. 31, 17494-5
>>Justice and Legal Affairs Standing Committee, report, 7862-3
>>Justice Department, 15566
>>>o.q., 9327, 11530-1, 15529
>>Justice system, 4243, 5874-7, 10578-9, 11040-2, 13762, 13772-3, 13925-9, 14471-5
>>>M. on supply (G. Breitkreuz), 16679-81
>>>M. on supply (Meredith), 2426-7, 2441-3
>>>S.O. 31, 11133
>>Law Commission of Canada Act (Bill C-106), 15564-7
>>Murder, 4244-5, 13928, 14472
>>>o.q., 302
>>National Parole Board, 5867-8
>>National unity, 17518
>>>o.q., 16363, 16434-5
>>Parole, 6934-6
>>Penitentiaries, 13622
>>Procedure
>>>Bills, Government, 13770, 14655, 14660-1, 14692
>>>Decorum, 11041
>>>Divisions, recorded, 14295
>>>Language, inappropriate/improper, 4247
>>>Private Members' Motions, 14616
>>>Speeches, 11040, 13605, 14473, 16679
>>Quebec, 5873-4, 16681, 17015
>>>o.q., 15601, 15766, 15808, 16904-5
>>Quebec sovereignty referendum (1995), 17014
>>>o.q., 15397, 15924-5
>>>S.O. 31, 15177, 15478
>>Reform Party, 4243, 4247
>>Reproductive technologies, o.q., 1107, 3573
>>Research and development, o.q., 15103, 15294
>>Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, 510
>>>o.q., 3573
>>Saint-Hubert constituency, 508-9
>>Serial killer board game/cards, 2317-8, 7862-3
>>Sexual assault, 11041, 14471, 14475
>>>o.q., 8122
>>Sexual offenders, 2442, 8576-8
>>Spicer, Erik John, 2674-5
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 508-12
>>Training programs, o.q., 15645
>>Unemployment Insurance Act (amdt.--excepted employment)(Bill C-218), 1461-2, 3340-3, 7588-9
>>Violence, 4878
>>Weather service, S.O. 31, 1795
>>Witness Protection Program Act (Bill C-78), 16913-4, 16920-1
>>Women, 13927-9, 15076-8
>>>M. (Finestone), 8685
>>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 1988-9
>>>M. on supply (C. Gagnon), 10578-80
>>>o.q., 2934-5, 10613-4
>>Young offenders, 4875-80, 9805
>>Young Offenders Act, 4243, 4245
>>>o.q., 5099
>>Young Offenders Act (amdt.) amd Criminal Code (amdt.)(Bill C-37), 4875-80, 9804-8
Venture see Training programs--Effectiveness
Venture capital
>>
Industry, importance, S.O. 31, 9055
>>Investment funds
>>>Bank establishing, $300 million, 17613
>>>Quebec establishing, 12781
>>See also Atlantic Venture Capital Fund;
Capital gains tax;
Labour Sponsored Venture Capital Corporations;
Regional development--Investment;
Research and development--Entrepreneurship
Verdun Optomist Club see Verdun, Que.
Verdun, Que.
>>
International kite festival, S.O. 31, 5206, 12673
>>Verdun Optomist Club, S.O. 31, 6554
>>See also Constitutional reform--Quebec consent;
Post offices
Vermont, U.S.A. see Quebec--Separation
Vernon, B.C. see Hospitals; Women--Centres and shelters
Vernon, MGen Brian see Canadian Airborne Regiment--Third video
Vernon Jubilee Hospital see Hospitals
Verran, Harry (L--South West Nova)
- >>Canadian Armed Forces, 549
>>>o.q., 1507, 8702
>>>S.O. 31, 14446
>>Education, S.O. 31, 3517
>>Fisheries, Atlantic, 548
>>Forestry, 548
>>Government, 548-50
>>Kilger, references, 548
>>Mining, 549
>>Peacekeeping Act (Bill C-295), 14058-9
>>Procedure, divisions, recorded, 13655
>>References, maiden speech, 548
>>Same-sex couples, petition, 13813
>>Sexual orientation, petition, 13813
>>Small business, 549
>>South West Nova constituency, 548
>>Throne Speech, Address in Reply, M. (Jackson), 548-50
>>Yarmouth County, N.S., 549
>>Youth Service Corps, 549-50
Veselka Ukrainian Culture and Heritage Church
>>
Annual summer festival, S.O. 31, 14447
Veterans
>>
Aboriginal veterans, honouring, compensating, S.O. 31, 7725, 11290, 14639
>>Programs, cut-backs, 2050
>>Service, debt of gratitude owed by Canadians, 12299, 12555, 12604-5, 12607-8
>>>Holland, display of appreciation, 12550, 12553-4, 12608
>>>S.O. 31, 16357
>>Veterans Affairs Department attitude, 12547
>>See also Canadian Merchant Navy;
Hearing impairment;
McIntosh, Dave;
Morrison, BGen George P.;
National Veterans Week;
Nuclear reactors--Chalk River;
Peacekeeping--Canadian participation;
Veterans Review and Appeal Board--Establishment;
Vietnam War;
World War II--Beaupré--Dieppe raid
Veterans Affairs Department
>>
Budget, cut-backs, qu., 7042
>>Expenditures, 1168, 2062
>>Leadership, lack, 12604-6
>>See also Old age pensions--Information exchanges;
Veterans
Veterans Affairs Minister see Veterans' benefits--Pensions
Veterans' benefits
>>
Aboriginal veterans, eligibility, discrimination, Indian Act conflict,
5332-3
>>>o.q., 4827
>>Allowances
>>>Allied veterans, pre-war residency in Canada criteria, 11259, 11826
>>>Doctor appointments, mileage allowance, reduction from 23 cents to 10 cents
per kilometre, 11826, 13250
>>>>Rescinding, request, o.q., 11813-4
>>>Former members of resistance forces and allied veterans, 11259, 11422-3,
11431, 11826, 13250, 13264, 13298-9
>>>Widows, ceasing payment, referring to other federal and provincial
assistance programs, 11826
>>Application process, 9436-8, 9440-5
>>Budget, Feb. 27/95, measures, impact, 13263-4, 13298
>>Education assistance program, children of deceased veterans, new applicants,
disallowing, 11259, 11431, 11826, 13264, 13298
>>Eligibility hearings, travel compensation, discontinuing, 11431
>>Merchant seamen, World War ll
>>>Petition, 15708
>>>Prisoners of war, compensation, extending, 7890-2
>>>>o.q., 6718
>>>>S.O. 31, 2478
>>Overpayments, 6966-7
>>Pensions
>>>And allowances, Feb. 22/94 budget measures, impact, 2062
>>>Appeals, 12551-2
>>>>Oral/written testimony, 12307-8
>>>Application process, delays, backlog, Bureau of Pension Advocates, role,
12297-300, 12304-6, 12529, 12547-51, 12553-5, 12606-9
>>>>Benefit of the doubt consideration, extending, 12549-50, 12606-7
>>>>Documentation, delays, 12550-1
>>>>Solicitor-client privilege, 12551-2
>>>Basic service pension, establishing, petition, 6390, 9476, 10958
>>>Disability pensions, 13496
>>>Eligibility, 12552-3
>>>Imprisonment, pension discontinued, 12308-10
>>>Independent Quebec not paying, S.O. 31, 9900
>>>Medical examinations, delays, 12548-9, 12551
>>>Review, application alleging error of fact or law, 12310-1
>>>Veterans Affairs Minister, influence, 12298, 12301, 12304-6, 12309, 12311,
12547-9, 12552
>>Survivor benefits, eligibility, retroactive payments, limits, 2514
>>See also Fleming, Mervyn Mathew